2004 6MT, GT
Ended up working at a camp 3 hours from home for a portion of the summer and on the last day the car decided to take a dump on me. Not even 10 minutes from camp and the dash lights up, oil light, goes into limp mode, and decides to shut itself off. Pulled up the dipstick and almost nothing is on it. Car is currently at Kelly Mazda in Scranton, PA (2 hours, 15 minutes from me in Philly). They quoted me $1100 to replace the lines.
I'm a commuter student headed into my senior year/applying to grad school, so that number is of course scary. Plus the whole possibly FUBAR seals and compression. Shop spliced the line so they could get some oil flow and check the compression before I sink over a grand into repairing the lines. Only thing I have going for me is the car was running like a top before, so in some twisted, far reaching way I'm hoping there was enough "oh ****" room that compression could drop and it'd still run somewhat. I'll be calling to see what numbers it spit out in a few hours.
Say it runs. AOK to just keep that line spliced for the 2 hour drive home and rely on the single cooler? Then I can just get the parts myself for the permanent fix. If it is OK, convincing the dealership to do it would be another story.
Ended up working at a camp 3 hours from home for a portion of the summer and on the last day the car decided to take a dump on me. Not even 10 minutes from camp and the dash lights up, oil light, goes into limp mode, and decides to shut itself off. Pulled up the dipstick and almost nothing is on it. Car is currently at Kelly Mazda in Scranton, PA (2 hours, 15 minutes from me in Philly). They quoted me $1100 to replace the lines.
I'm a commuter student headed into my senior year/applying to grad school, so that number is of course scary. Plus the whole possibly FUBAR seals and compression. Shop spliced the line so they could get some oil flow and check the compression before I sink over a grand into repairing the lines. Only thing I have going for me is the car was running like a top before, so in some twisted, far reaching way I'm hoping there was enough "oh ****" room that compression could drop and it'd still run somewhat. I'll be calling to see what numbers it spit out in a few hours.
Say it runs. AOK to just keep that line spliced for the 2 hour drive home and rely on the single cooler? Then I can just get the parts myself for the permanent fix. If it is OK, convincing the dealership to do it would be another story.
Blew oil line - Bypass 1 cooler as temp fix? 6MT
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